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Make DuckDuckGo your Chrome default search engine

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305 points evolve2k | 1 comments | 14 Jun 13 01:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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mtgx ◴[14 Jun 13 08:00 UTC] No.5878801[source]▶
I can support this, but only if it offers real safety as opposed to Google.

So does it? Or is it safe only because NSA hasn't bothered to go to DDG yet, or do whatever they are doing to get Google's search data (cable splitters or whatever)?

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edge86 ◴[14 Jun 13 08:33 UTC] No.5878896[source]▶
They claim not to record any data, so there's no worry about gov't requests. http://donttrack.us/
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jebeng ◴[14 Jun 13 08:38 UTC] No.5878905[source]▶
Oh wow. I didn't know this.

Interesting. This could become a real competitive advantage for them.

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1. yesplorer ◴[14 Jun 13 12:36 UTC] No.5879520[source]▶
No, actually it will not.The vast majority of people using Google do not care whether their data search data is being recorded or not. Heck, most even do not know how Google search engine works from 'behind' let alone worry about the difference between Google and DDG.

So they will really need something more compelling to get the average Joe (who make up the vast majority mentioned earlier), who always get his results from Google's first page, to switch from Google to DDG.

Yet, in the context of search engines, I don't see anything that could be more compelling than always getting the most relevant search results.